This book demonstrates the role of dominant ecological factors on the organisms of running water and the functioning of the ecosystem, as well as the consequences of human activity. It provides vision of certain rivers and streams that represent various types of European watercourses.
By:
Eugene Angelier,
James Munnick
Imprint: Science Publishers,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 240mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781578082568
ISBN 10: 1578082560
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 01 January 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Running Water: Agent of Erosion, Transport and Redistribution of Materials of the Earth's Crust; General Characteristics of Hydrographic Networks; Organisms and Ecosystems of Running Water; Current and Benthic Organisms: Chronic Instability of the Surface Horizon of the Substrate; The Hyporheic Environment: Continuity of the Substrate; Macrophytes of Running Waters: A Substrate for Algae and Fauna; Life in the Water Trail: Plankton; Fishes of Running Waters; Temperature, Biological Cycles and Distribution of Organisms; Light, Salts and Dissolved Oxygen: Secondary Ecological Factors in Running Water; Food Webs and Energy Flows; From Upstream to Downstream: Ecological Zonation of Water Courses; Ecological Impacts of Development of Water Courses; From Eutrophication to Trophic Pollution; Toxic Pollution; Biological Methods of Evaluation Pollution